EP3201944A1 - Kombiniertes waferherstellungsverfahren mit einer mehrkomponentenaufnahmeschicht - Google Patents
Kombiniertes waferherstellungsverfahren mit einer mehrkomponentenaufnahmeschichtInfo
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- EP3201944A1 EP3201944A1 EP15767168.6A EP15767168A EP3201944A1 EP 3201944 A1 EP3201944 A1 EP 3201944A1 EP 15767168 A EP15767168 A EP 15767168A EP 3201944 A1 EP3201944 A1 EP 3201944A1
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H10P—GENERIC PROCESSES OR APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10
- H10P90/00—Preparation of wafers not covered by a single main group of this subclass, e.g. wafer reinforcement
- H10P90/12—Preparing bulk and homogeneous wafers
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H10P—GENERIC PROCESSES OR APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10
- H10P72/00—Handling or holding of wafers, substrates or devices during manufacture or treatment thereof
- H10P72/70—Handling or holding of wafers, substrates or devices during manufacture or treatment thereof for supporting or gripping
- H10P72/74—Handling or holding of wafers, substrates or devices during manufacture or treatment thereof for supporting or gripping using temporarily an auxiliary support
- H10P72/7402—Wafer tapes, e.g. grinding or dicing support tapes
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H10P—GENERIC PROCESSES OR APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10
- H10P90/00—Preparation of wafers not covered by a single main group of this subclass, e.g. wafer reinforcement
- H10P90/19—Preparing inhomogeneous wafers
- H10P90/1904—Preparing vertically inhomogeneous wafers
- H10P90/1906—Preparing SOI wafers
- H10P90/1914—Preparing SOI wafers using bonding
- H10P90/1916—Preparing SOI wafers using bonding with separation or delamination along an ion implanted layer, e.g. Smart-cut
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H10P—GENERIC PROCESSES OR APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10
- H10P90/00—Preparation of wafers not covered by a single main group of this subclass, e.g. wafer reinforcement
- H10P90/19—Preparing inhomogeneous wafers
- H10P90/1904—Preparing vertically inhomogeneous wafers
- H10P90/1906—Preparing SOI wafers
- H10P90/1924—Preparing SOI wafers with separation/delamination along a porous layer
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H10W—GENERIC PACKAGES, INTERCONNECTIONS, CONNECTORS OR OTHER CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10
- H10W10/00—Isolation regions in semiconductor bodies between components of integrated devices
- H10W10/10—Isolation regions comprising dielectric materials
- H10W10/181—Semiconductor-on-insulator [SOI] isolation regions, e.g. buried oxide regions of SOI wafers
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- the present invention relates to a method for producing solid-state layers according to the subject matter of claim 1, to a wafer produced by this method according to claim 12, to a film according to claim 13 and to a use of this film according to claim 14.
- wafers In many technical fields (e.g., microelectronics or photovoltaic technology), materials such as e.g. Silicon, germanium or sapphire, often used in the form of thin discs and plates (so-called wafers). By default, such wafers are currently produced by sawing from an ingot, resulting in relatively large material losses (“kerf-loss"). Since the starting material used is often very expensive, there are strong efforts to produce such wafers with less material and thus more efficient and cost-effective.
- kerf-loss material losses
- kerf-free wafering are methods that do without conventional sawing and, for example. by using temperature-induced voltages can directly split thin wafers from a thicker workpiece. These include, in particular, methods such as e.g. in PCT / US2008 / 012140 and PCT / EP2009 / 067539, where a polymer layer applied to the workpiece is used to generate these stresses.
- the polymer layer has in the mentioned method a compared to the workpiece by about two orders of magnitude higher thermal expansion coefficient.
- a relatively high modulus of elasticity in the polymer layer can be achieved, so that sufficiently high voltages can be induced in the layer system polymer layer workpiece by cooling in order to enable the removal of wafers from the workpiece.
- the wafers produced usually each have larger variations in thickness, wherein the spatial thickness distribution often shows a pattern with fourfold symmetry.
- the regions of greatest variability unfortunately lie in the middle of the wafer where they are most disturbing.
- the cooling down of the polymer takes a very long time, as a result of which the solids are also significantly tempered or cooled down and negative effects on the TTV of the solid-state layer to be produced arise.
- the method preferably comprises at least the steps of providing a solid for separating at least one solid layer, arranging a receiving layer for holding the solid layer on the solid, wherein the recording layer consists of at least one polymer and another material, wherein the recording layer preferably preferred in terms of volume or mass consists in the majority of the polymer, wherein the further material has a greater thermal conductivity than the polymer, thermally applying the recording layer to, in particular mechanical, generating stresses in the solid, wherein the stresses propagate a crack in the solid along a Ablöseebene the solid state layer is separated from the solid by the crack.
- the further material is applied according to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention as a coating on the polymer or the polymer is applied as a coating on the further material.
- This solution is advantageous since the cooling of the further material can be effected quickly and thus this heat is removed by the direct contact between the further material and the polymer material, whereby a cooling of the polymer material portion of the recording layer is accelerated.
- the coating i.
- the further material share according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, local weakenings, in particular, the coating is broken, in particular to follow a caused by the polymer in the voltage generation deformation. It is also conceivable that a plurality of mutually different sections of the polymer portion of the receiving layer are coated with the further material, wherein the individual material portions preferably do not form a coherent structure, but are particularly preferably movable relative to one another.
- the thermal conductivity (W / (m * K)) of the further material is, according to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, preferably more than 5 times greater, preferably more than 10 times greater, and more preferably more than 30, more than 100, more than 200 or more than 300 times greater than that of the polymer or the polymer material portion of the receiving layer, wherein the further material is preferably a metal or an alloy.
- This embodiment is advantageous since cooling of the polymer material portion of the receiving layer can be accelerated with increasing thermal conductivity of the further material.
- the further material is provided according to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention in the form of elongated chips or peg-like elements within a layer structure predetermined by the polymer, wherein the Chips are preferably oriented in such a way that their longitudinal axes extend orthogonally to the layer extension direction.
- the chips are preferably introduced during the production of the recording layer in the liquid which is preferably liquid at this time and, for example, aligned via a magnetic application.
- This embodiment is advantageous in that a cold bridge is created by the individual chips, through which the polymer material content of the receiving layer heat is very quickly withdrawn or the polymer material content of the receiving layer can be cooled very quickly.
- the receiving layer has, according to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, a multiplicity of holes, wherein the holes are filled or lined with the further material.
- This embodiment is advantageous since the position and / or shape of the cold bridge formed by the further material can be predetermined or generated very precisely.
- the stresses for detaching the solid-state layer are generated by the solid body by the thermal loading of the receiving layer, in particular a multi-component layer, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- the thermal application preferably represents a cooling of the recording layer to or below the ambient temperature and preferably below 10 ° C. and more preferably below 0 ° C. and more preferably below -10 ° C.
- the cooling of the recording layer is most preferably such that at least the polymer material fraction the receiving layer, which preferably consists at least partially of a polymer material, in particular of PDMS, and of a further material, in particular a metal, completes a glass transition.
- the cooling may in this case be a cooling to below -100 ° C, e.g.
- This embodiment is advantageous because the receiving layer contracts as a function of the temperature change and / or undergoes a gas transfer and transfers the resulting forces to the solid, whereby mechanical stresses in the solid can be generated, which trigger a crack and / or crack propagation lead, wherein the crack propagates first along the first release plane for splitting off the solid layer.
- the solid body is disposed on a holding layer for holding the solid body, wherein the holding layer is disposed on a first planar surface portion of the solid, wherein the first planar surface portion of the solid body is spaced from a second planar surface portion of the solid arranged on the second planar surface portion of the recording layer is and wherein the Ablöseebene compared to the first planar surface portion and / or the second planar surface portion is aligned in parallel or is generated in parallel.
- This embodiment is advantageous because the solid body is at least partially and preferably completely disposed between the holding layer and the receiving layer, whereby by means of one of these layers or by means of both layers, the tensions for crack generation or crack propagation are introduced into the solid.
- the solid has silicon and / or gallium or perovskite and the polymer layer and / or the holding layer consist at least partially and preferably completely or more than 75% (volume percent) of polydimethylsiloxanes (PDMS)
- Holding layer is disposed on an at least partially planar surface of a stabilizing device, which consists at least partially of at least one metal.
- the stabilizing device is preferably a plate, in particular a plate comprising or consisting of aluminum.
- the solid preferably comprises a material or combination of materials from one of the major groups 3, 4 and 5 of the Periodic Table of the Elements, e.g. Si, SiC, SiGe, Ge, GaAs, InP, GaN, Al 2 O 3 (sapphire), AlN. Particularly preferably, the solid has a combination of elements occurring in the third and fifth group of the periodic table. Conceivable materials or material combinations are e.g. Gallium arsenide, silicon, silicon carbide, etc. Further, the solid may comprise a ceramic (e.g., Al 2 O 3 - alumina) or may be made of a ceramic, preferred ceramics being e.g.
- Perovskite ceramics such as Pb, O, Ti / Zr containing ceramics
- lead magnesium niobates barium titanate, lithium titanate, yttrium aluminum garnet, especially yttrium aluminum garnet crystals for solid state laser applications, SAW ceramics ( surface acoustic wave), such as Lithium niobate, gallium orthophosphate, quartz, calcium titanate, etc. in particular.
- the solid body thus preferably has a semiconductor material or a ceramic material or particularly preferably the solid body consists of at least one semiconductor material or a ceramic material. It is further conceivable that the solid body comprises a transparent material or partially made of a transparent material, such as e.g. Sapphire, exists or is made. Other materials which may be used here as solid material alone or in combination with another material are e.g. "Wide band gap" materials, InAISb,
- the fixing layer is fixed to the solid by means of a connecting layer, the receiving layer particularly preferably having a plurality of holes for conducting a liquid.
- the holes have a diameter of less than 1 mm, preferably less than 0.5 mm and more preferably less than 0.1 mm.
- the receiving layer according to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention has more than 10 holes, preferably more than 100 holes and more preferably more than 1000 holes.
- each hole is preferably formed according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, at least one further hole.
- a fluid in particular a liquid, can be supplied through the holes of the connecting layer, the fluid preferably causing the fixation of the receiving layer to be weakened or released from the solid.
- defects are generated in the internal structure of the solid to predetermine the release plane before or after the attachment of the acquisition layer to the solid.
- the invention further relates to a wafer which is produced by a method according to one of claims 1 to 12.
- the present invention relates to a film for voltage generation in a solid, wherein the film consists of at least one polymer material, in particular PDMS, and of a further material, wherein the film is preferably in terms of volume and / or mass majority of the polymer material, wherein the further material has a greater thermal conductivity than the polymer material, wherein the Polymer material preferably undergoes a glass transition at a temperature of less than 0 ° C, especially at a temperature less than -50 ° C experiences.
- the film consists of at least one polymer material, in particular PDMS, and of a further material, wherein the film is preferably in terms of volume and / or mass majority of the polymer material, wherein the further material has a greater thermal conductivity than the polymer material, wherein the Polymer material preferably undergoes a glass transition at a temperature of less than 0 ° C, especially at a temperature less than -50 ° C experiences.
- the present invention relates to a use of a film according to claim 13 as a receiving layer in a method according to claim 1.
- Fig. 1a shows a schematic structure for generating local voltages in a
- FIG. 1b shows a schematic representation of a layer arrangement before the separation of a solid layer from a solid body
- 1c a schematic representation of a layer arrangement after the separation of a solid layer from a solid body
- FIG. 2a shows a receiving layer according to the invention
- FIG. 2b shows a receiving layer according to the invention, which is arranged on a solid body
- FIG. 2c shows a second recording layer according to the invention, which is arranged on a solid body
- FIG. 2 d shows a third recording layer according to the invention, which is arranged on a solid body
- FIG. 1 a shows a workpiece 2 or a substrate which is arranged in the region of a radiation source 18, in particular a laser, in particular a femtosecond laser (fs laser).
- the workpiece 2 preferably has a first, in particular flat, surface portion 14 and a second, in particular planar, surface portion 16, wherein the first planar surface portion 14 is preferably aligned substantially or exactly parallel to the second planar surface portion 16.
- the first planar surface portion 14 and the second planar surface portion 16 preferably define the workpiece 2 in a Y-direction, which is preferably oriented vertically or vertically.
- the planar surface portions 14 and 16 preferably each extend in an X-Z plane, wherein the X-Z plane is preferably aligned horizontally.
- the radiation source 18 emits steel 6 at the same time or with a time delay to the workpiece 2.
- the beams 6 penetrate deeply into the workpiece 2 and generate local stresses at the respective position or at a predetermined position.
- a multilayer arrangement is shown, wherein the workpiece 2 includes the crack guiding layer 8 and is provided in the region of the first planar surface portion 14 with a holding layer 12, which in turn is preferably superimposed by a further layer 20, wherein the further layer 20 preferably a stabilizing device, in particular a metal plate, is.
- a polymer layer 10 is preferably arranged at the second planar surface portion 16 of the workpiece 2.
- the receiving layer or polymer layer 10 and / or the holding layer 12 preferably consists at least partially and particularly preferably completely of PDMS and particularly preferably has a large number of holes, in particular blind holes and / or through holes.
- the film preferably has at least one polymer material, in particular PDMS, wherein the polymer material preferably has a glass transition at a temperature of less than 20 ° C., in particular smaller than 10 ° C, in particular at less than 0 ° C, in particular at a temperature less than -50 ° C experiences.
- the film particularly preferably has a multiplicity of holes 36 for conducting a liquid, the holes 36 each having a diameter of less than 5 mm.
- FIG. 2 b shows a solid layer 4 separated from a solid body 2.
- a receiving layer 10 or a foil 10 by means of which the voltages required to generate a crack for separating the solid layer 4 from the solid 2 have been produced.
- the receiving layer 10 has a multiplicity of holes for conducting a liquid, the receiving layer 10 being fixed to the solid-state layer 4 by means of a bonding layer 11.
- FIG. 2c shows a further receiving layer 10 or film according to the invention, which is preferably also arrangeable by means of a bonding layer 11 on the solid body 2 or arranged thereon.
- the receiving layer 10 or multi-component receiving layer preferably has a first material portion 39, in particular a polymer portion, and a second material portion 40, in particular a metal portion.
- the second material portion 40 preferably represents a coating of the first material portion 39 and is particularly preferably used for accelerated cooling of the first material portion 39.
- the receiving layer 10 is preferably from the direction 38 with cold, in particular liquid nitrogen, applied, whereby the second material portion 40th cools down quickly and in particular by the direct contact with the first material portion 39 this is also cooled very quickly.
- FIG. 2 d shows a further variant of the receiving layer 10 or foil according to the invention, which in turn is formed by the first material portion 39 and the second material portion 40.
- the first material portion 39 preferably has holes 36 which are filled by the second material portion 40.
- the second material portion 40 coats the first material portion 39 additionally or alternatively topside, i. parallel to the connection layer 1 1.
- FIG. 2 e shows a still further variant of the receiving layer 10 or foil according to the invention, which in turn is formed by the first material portion 39 and the second material portion 40.
- the first material portion 39 preferably has holes 36 through the second material portion 40 are lined, ie that the respective hole 36 bounding wall with the second material portion 40 is coated.
- the second material portion 40 preferably coats the first material portion 39 additionally or alternatively on the upper side, ie parallel to the connection layer 11.
- the method for producing solid-state layers comprises at least the following steps: providing a solid 2 for separating at least one solid layer 4, fixing a receiving layer 0 for holding the solid layer 4 on the solid 2, wherein the recording layer is a plurality having holes for conducting a liquid, wherein the receiving layer is fixed by means of a bonding layer on the solid and thermal loading of the receiving layer 10 for, in particular mechanical, generating stresses in the solid 2, which is due to the tears a crack in the solid 2 along a stripping level 8 propagates, wherein the solid state layer 4 is separated from the solid 2 by the crack.
- the film according to the invention for generating voltage in a solid preferably has at least one polymer material, in particular PDMS, wherein the polymer material preferably undergoes a glass transition at a temperature of less than 0 ° C., in particular at a temperature of less than -50 ° C.
- the film has a plurality of holes for conducting a liquid, wherein the holes each have a diameter of less than 5mm.
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| PCT/EP2015/071949 WO2016050597A1 (de) | 2014-09-29 | 2015-09-24 | Kombiniertes waferherstellungsverfahren mit einer mehrkomponentenaufnahmeschicht |
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